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Application filed July 15, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. WALKER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Apollo, in the county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have invented. a new and useful Game, of which the following is a specification. 1

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a game or toy, contemplating the use of rolling elements and based upon the familiar nursery legend of Little Boy Blue, asleep under a hay stack, the sheep being in the meadow, and the cows in the corn, the rolling elements representing the sheep and the cows.

The invention aims to provide novel means whereby, when a predetermined num ber of rolling elements have accumulated in a tiltable member, the tiltable member will operate to show a figure, asleep by a hay stack.

Another object of the invention is so to construct the device that it will be somewhat difiicult to dispose all of the rolling elements upon the tiltable member, thereby to actuate the same.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a side elevation; Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a section on the line 4- 1 of Figure 1.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a box-like support 1 including a platform 2. An enclosure 3 is mounted on the platform 2 and represents a barn, the enclosure 3 having an intermediate partition 4. The enclosure 3 is supplied with front openings 5 disposed on opposite sides of the partition 4, the platform 2 having outlet openings 6 disposed within the enclosure 3 and located on opposite sides of the partition 4.

Serial No. 485,044.

An external receptacle 7 is secured to one end of the support 1, the said end of the support having an opening 8 discharging into the receptacle 7.

The platform 2 is located Slightly below the upper edge of the side walls of the support 1, so that there results a circumscribing marginal flange 9 which upstands above the platform. A main rib 10 extends longitudinally of the platform 2 between the flange 9 at one end of the support, and the inner wall of the enclosure 3, the rib 10 dividing the upper surface of the platform 2 into two areas 11 and 12 the area 11 representing a patch of corn, and the area 12 representing a meadow, as indicated in Figure 1. The main rib 10 is disposed between the front openings 5 of the enclosure 3, as indicated most clearly in Figure 4 of the drawings. Oppositely extended ribs 14 and 15 are mounted on the platform 2 and are located in the area 11, the platform carrying a rib 16 projecting in the same direction as the rib 14:, the inner end of the rib 16 being spaced from the enclosure 3 to define a passageway 18. A rib 19 is disposed parallel to the rib 16 and is located adjacent to the main rib 10 in the area 11, one end of the rib 19 being spaced from the flange 9 to form a passageway 20 and the other end of the rib 19 being spaced from the enclosure 3 to form a passageway 21. Uppositeiy projecting ribs 22 and 23 are disposed on the platform 2 in the area 12, a rib 24: projecting from the enclosure 3 and extending in the same direction as the rib 22.

In practical operation, any desired number of rolling elements 25, such as balls, are

placed adjacent to the sides of the support 1, as shown at 26 in Figure 1. The support 1 is held in the hand, and by a skillful manipulation of the support, the rolling ele ments may be compelled to traverse the sinuous track or passage, defined by the ribs 22, 23, 19, 16, 15 and 14, the rolling elements or balls ultimately entering the enclosure 3, through the front openings 5. The rolling elements which are on the area 11 may be taken to represent cows, whereas, the rolling elements which are on the area 12 may be taken to represent sheep. Since the passageways 18. and 19 are provided, at the inner ends of the ribs 16 and 19, respectively, additional difliculty is experienced in so manipulating the support 1 that the balls on the area 11 will pass into the enclosure 3, through the corresponding front opening 5.

The toy includes a tiltable member, denoted generally by the numeral 29. The tiltable member maybe variously constructed, but, preferably, it includes a box-like receiver 30, open at one end and including depending ears 31, mounted to swing on a rod 32 extended transversely of the support 1 and carried thereby. The tiltable member 29 includes an arm 33, secured to one side of the receiver 30 and offset as shown at 34, so that one end of the arm lies close to one side wall of the support 1. A plunger 35 is pivoted at 36 to the arm 33 and is mounted for vertical sliding movement in an opening 37 formed in the platform 2. A figure 38 preferably representing a boy fast asleep, is mounted on the platform 2 adjacent to the upper end of the plunger 35. A cover for the figure 38 is supplied, the same preferably being flexible, and being denoted by the numeral 39. One end of the cover 39 is secured at 40 to the upper end of the plunger 35, the opposite end of the cover being secured at 4:1 to the platform 2, or to the base 43 on which the Figure 8 is mounted. The tiltable member 29 is so constructed that, ordinarily, one end of the receiver 30 rests against the platform 2, as shown in Figure 3, the plunger 35 being depressed, and the cover 39 being folded over the figure 38 as shown in Figure 4:. One surface of the cover 39 is ornamented as shown at 4 7 in Figure 2, to represent a hay stack.

After a predetermined number of the rolling elements 25 have passed through the openings 5 and through the outlets 6, into the receiver 30, the member 29 will tilt on its fulcrum 32, the plunger 35 being raised, the cover 39 being unfolded, the figure 38 being exposed, and the ornamented surface 47 of the cover appearing behindthe figure 38, shown in Figure 2. WVhen the member 29 tilts, the receiver 30 discharges the rolling elements 25 through the opening 8 into the exterior receptacle 7 from which the rolling elements may be removed readily.

It will be seen that the toy forming the subject matter of this application carries out or enacts mechanically, thestory of Little Boy Blue, asleep under a hay stack, the

sheep being in the meadow and the cows bein in the corn.

I-laving thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a toy, a support, a tiltable member mounted to swing on the support, the support including a platform adapted for the reception of rolling elements and discharging on the tiltable member, a fixed figure on the support, a cover for the figure, and means for connecting the cover operatively with the tiltable member, wherebythe said member will raise the cover with respect to the figure when said member is tilted in one direction, and lower the cover with respect to the figure when said member is tilted in an opposite direction.

2. In a toy, a support, a tiltable member mounted to swing on the support, the support including a platform adapted for the reception of rolling elements and discharging on the tiltable member, a figure on the support and a flexible cover for the figure, the cover being connected at one end to the support; and means for connecting the cover at its other end to the t-iltable member.

including a figure and a. cover for the figure,

one of said cooperating parts being fixed on i the support, and means for connecting theother of said cooperating parts operatively with the tiltable member whereby the tiltable member will produce relative movement between said cooperating partsin opposite directions, when the tiltable member is tilted in opposite directions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as Witnesses:

IRA J. WRAY, E. RUTH KERR. 

